Nicole grew up in the Pineywoods of East Texas. She was a first-generation college student at The University of Texas at Austin where she earned a BFA in Acting. After college, she moved to New York for fifteen years where she held down full-time executive assistant jobs while pursuing an acting career and studying acting with Wynn Handman. She later earned her MA and EdD while working as a college counselor. She enjoys traveling and writing and loves spending time her husband and teenage daughter.